Kohima Mar 31 PTI S Phangnon Konyak was on Thursday elected unopposed as the Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland With the tenure of incumbent Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland K G Kenye ending on April 2 the election was scheduled to be held on Thursday Returning Officer Biennial Election to the Council of States Khruohituonuo Rio informed that as there was only one candidate till the last date for filing nominations no poll was conducted Therefore Konyak has been declared duly elected unopposed to fill up the vacancy in the Rajya Sabha for the State of Nagaland she said She is the first woman from the state to get a berth in Parliaments Upper House Konyak the president of BJP Nagaland Mahila Morcha who stood as the consensus candidate of the ruling United Democratic Alliance UDA is also the first Bharatiya Janata Party BJP member from Nagaland to be sent to Parliament S Phangnon Konyak sponsored by the BJP has been declared duly elected uncontested to fill the seat in the Council of States Rajya Sabha from Nagaland State the term of which is due to expire on 2nd April 2022 chief electoral officer V Shashank Shekhar said in a press release In the 60-member assembly NDPP has 21 MLAs NPF 25 BJP 12 and two Independent MLAs all of whom joined hands in September 2021 to form UDA for facilitating an early solution to the vexed Naga political dialogue Congratulating Phangnon Konyak on being elected unopposed Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio expressed confidence that she will represent Nagaland state exceptionally well Rio also wished her the best for a successful tenure Its a great journey for any women of Nagaland its historical said BJP Nagaland president and cabinet minister Temjen Imna Along Konyak is in Delhi and could not be reached for comments PTI NBS JRC JRC

Shillong Sep 28 PTI A team of scientists from North Eastern Hill University NEHU here has discovered the first cicada species of Nagaland The insect species has been named Platylomia Kohimaensis Dr S R Hajong an associate professor and an entomologist in NEHUs Department of Zoology told PTI Hajong along with co-author Dr Limatemjen published the findings in the taxonomy journal Zootaxa on Tuesday The study was part of a project funded by the Centres Department of Biotechnology under which 70 cicada species from the Northeast were inventoried Hajong added PTI JOP ACD ACD